“The Star-Spangled Banner” Sheet Music Cover and Lyrics

To the left, the cover of sheet music for the "Star Spangled-Banner" featuring an American Flag with a cloudy sky background and the words "Liberty and Justice for all" under the flag. To the right, the lyrics to "The Star Spangled Banner": “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) Lyrics by Francis Scott Key Music by John Stafford Smith O!, say can you see by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars thro’ the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming. And the Rockets’ red glare, the Bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our Flag was still there. O! say, does that star spangled Banner yet wave, O’er the Land of the free, and the home of the brave."

“The Star-Spangled Banner” Sheet Music Cover and Lyrics

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lesson:
The United States and World War I featuring Tin Pan Alley Songs

Grades: High

Subjects: Social Studies/History

Why did the United States enter World War I and how did music reflect the changing viewpoint of Americans toward the war?